Register now to hear BBC Sport’s Barbara Slater speak at SVG Europe Women virtual event
Attendees will be able to ask questions for Slater to answer during the live event
BBC Sport director, Barbara Slater, during her acceptance speech for the SVG Europe Women Achievement Award 2020 at BT Sport studios in January 2020, with presenter Abi Stephens
SVG Europe Women is excited to be hosting BBC Sport director, Barbara Slater, at the next virtual event being held next week on Wednesday 10 June at 4pm (UK time).
Attendees will be able to post questions during the live interview with Slater, the best of which will be asked in a Q&A.
Focusing on the return to live sport, the session is titled, ‘BBC Sport: Barbara Slater discusses the return to live sport in a post-lockdown world’.
Slater will talk about where BBC Sport is right now as it puts together a strategy to safely bring back live sports production. The conversation will also cover how the coronavirus pandemic has affected and influenced how the corporation’s sports department will move forward into the rest of this year and beyond.
BBC Sport’s Barbara Slater wins the SVG Europe Women Achievement Award 2020, on stage at BT Sport studios on 30 January 2020 at the SVG Europe Women winter networking event
Commented head of SVG Europe Women and editor at SVG Europe, Heather McLean, who will be interviewing Slater: “This really is a once in a lifetime opportunity to listen to and ask questions of Barbara Slater, a woman who has had such an amazing career and made such headway for the women following after her, as well as vastly improving the profile of women’s sport on the BBC, in a real community setting. It’s going to be an excellent virtual event, the second for SVG Europe Women, and there will be more to look forward to every month.”
Slater – winner of the SVG Europe Women Achievement Award 2020 – will be on the SVG Europe Women virtual stage at 4pm. This virtual meet-up is designed to bring members of the SVG Europe Women community together for just 30 minutes, enabling you to take a break from your busy locked down lifestyles.
SVG Europe Women’s second virtual event will again be delivered through Zoom.